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I used to tell them that it was past 100 hours o'clock and that they needed to get to sleep, as the monsters would arrive very shortly. What else can you tell girls on a Wednesday, when the Football is coming on very soon and if 1 comes down, they all want down, so 1 has to go to bed too.
As the eldest, I was always getting into trouble for the "Mum, Scott hit me", you know when you never touched them.
As the eldest, i was never really around my sisters, well they were girls and who plays with girls...not boys! There were woods to play in, doors to knock on and run away, war games and of course the 10 hour long football game
dang the first one i wrote i think i acceidtally erased it...anyhoo your lucky for having a good reltionship with your sister..i have one younger sister and i do not get along with her...she is just not my cup of tea...enjoy the friendship you have with her...you are blessed......i dont think we had a normal childhood either..but does anyone really?..what is a normal childhood anyway..it seemed normal at the time anyway:-)
Good point Christine--they always seem normal at the time, no matter how bizarre they look in retrospect. Yes, I am blessed--my sister is wonderful. Actually, my whole family is really close, and that's a wonderful thing. I'm so sorry to hear you and your sis don't get on---my DH's family is like that, and I think it's such a shame...
It's OK about the car, it probably makes up for that whole "Tooth down the drain" thing...
Thanks for the kind words. :-D
Ooh, I forgot about that....so should've posted that! :)
Julie - Isn't it great to have such a wonderful relationship. I have one sister 6 yrs younger and one half sister 20 years younger and we all still have a wonderful relationship. However, my younger sister (the one 6yrs after me) did feel the BIG SISTER-ness. Whenever I would have friends over, or eh hem..a boy..., my sis got locked in the bedroom. Or there was the time when she was laughing so uncontrollably that I hit her over the head with a Connect Four box to make her stop - which she did...and then screamed.
I have a younger brother (5 years) and we got along pretty well growing up. We had our squabbles here and there but nothing like what some of the things you would describe.
I can't fathom why siblings would foster dislike for each other - it never really happened for us. And the times it came close was usually caused by someone else (a friend of his causing problems).
But then, we're not that close now. He lives a thousand miles away in Texas and only visits occasionally. I miss my kids not having an uncle to visit, and I am disappointed he's basically chosen not to be a part of their lives. I know my parents wish he was around more, and as such sometimes I feel I have an added burden (especially as the eldest) to have to stay close to home.
So sometimes it works both ways - maybe the rougher the childhood, the closer the adulthood and vice versa.
I'm the oldest by eight years, so I didn't get to torment my brother in all the ususal ways. The worse I did was call him shrimp and boss him around a bit. I also used him to scare away loser boyfriends, 'cause if they weren't okay with my brother they were out the door rather quickly.
Well...since you asked! LOL
My oldest brother would pin me down and spit...just until the spit almost hit my face then suck it back in.
My oldest one would also pick me up and turn me upside down and slam my head into the ground repeatedly (I always word those HUGE beaded pony tail holders..I swear to you I have knots in my head to this day!)
My other brother and I would literally have fist fights. I was younger, but a lot faster. He had a few black eyes and fat lips from me. That freaks me out, because if my kids did that I don't know how I would feel. Like an awful parent I am sure.
But, we all were also really good friends, and always goofing off. We just had to find our places. Now when we get together we still torture each other (My oldest brother still takes great pride in pinning me down for Chinese tickle torture, but I am stronger now and can give a pretty good fight).
"My oldest brother would pin me down and spit...just until the spit almost hit my face then suck it back in." That's it! That's the spit game!
Weird, older siblings must just come hard-wired to do this...
Hey! I'm an oldest and didn't spit on anyone. But my oldest bro (2yrs younger) swears that he still has the scars on his arms from my braces. When we fought (all the time) I would grab his arm and run my braces over it to scratch it. I seriously do not remember drawing any blood as that would have been gross and I would have stopped. I can't imagine pulling skin out of my braces...blech!
I'm the oldest of 4 and the only girl. Dear Brother (DB)#2 gets along with everyone. But DBs #1 & #3 do not like me much. I think it's the whole "Mom loved you more" thing.
Ok--so we weren't the only ones!
@ karen & sheri--I think you're both familiar with the spit game!
@Barry-maybe it's because you guys weren't too close in age. Jen and I were 1 yr and 8 days apart--very bad for competition!
@ mommyguilt--if we'd thought of locking each other in place we so would have done it!
@ lora- doesn't sound too bad, must be the age difference a 12yr old probably got in lots of trouble for picking on a 4 yr old! I know my daughter would!
het, arch & abraham--thanks for stopping by!
about the sibling dislike moving on up into adulthood...
my Dh and his sister DO NOT GET ALONG AT ALL! (Can I say that more loudly?) Really, it's quite sad.
But in this case, it is totally his parents fault. To this day she's the primadonna. She's actually quite judgemental of everyone (not my words there), but is so mean, that they all cater to her to appease her...except DH...he chose to move 1800 miles away! HA!
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